Multi-decadal aerosol variations from 1980 to 2009: A perspective from observations and a global model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3657-3690

  Chin, M ^a   Diehl, T ^a,b,l,m   Tan, Q ^a,b   Prospero, J M ^c   Kahn, R A ^a   Remer, L A ^d   Yu, H ^a,e   Sayer, A M ^a,b   Bian, H ^a,d   Geogdzhayev, I V ^f,g   Holben, B N ^a   Howell, S G ^h   Huebert, B J ^h   Hsu, N C ^a   Kim, D ^a,b   Kucsera, T L ^a,b   Levy, R C ^a   Mishchenko, M I ^f   Pan, X ^a   Quinn, P K ⁱ   Schuster, G L ^j   Streets, D G ^k   Strode, S A ^a,b   Torres, O ^a   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^m JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SULFATE; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARBADOS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; NORTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898035080     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-3657-2014     Document Type: Review

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